Andrew M. Wiesenthal, MD
"Kaiser Permanente is a leader in health information technology adoption and we are therefore very sensitive to the importance of connecting to the many other elements of the health system to achieve our goals for our members. The Common Framework reflects the realities of today's technology environment and allows a large delivery system like ours to see how it can truly be a part of a 'networks of networks' to connect patients and their providers with vital information for high quality health care. Its emphasis on enabling consumers to be more engaged in using their own information to improve their health is central to where Kaiser Permanente is heading."
Andrew M. Wiesenthal, MD, SM is Associate Executive Director of the Permanente Federation for Clinical Information Support. From 1983 until April 2000, Dr. Wiesenthal served as a pediatrician and pediatric infectious disease consultant with the Colorado Permanente Medical Group (CPMG). He also led CPMG's quality management program and served as Associate Medical Director for Medical Management, with responsibility for quality management, utilization management, regulatory compliance, risk management, credentialing and physician performance, and informatics. His current work is in the arenas of development and deployment of automated medical records, decision support, and other clinical systems for all of Kaiser Permanente.
Dr. Wiesenthal graduated from Yale University with a BA degree with honors in Latin American Studies in 1971 and received his MD in 1975 from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Colorado in 1978 and then served as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer with the Centers for Disease Control from 1978-80 before returning to the University of Colorado for a pediatric infectious disease fellowship, which was completed in 1983. In 2004, Dr. Wiesenthal earned an SM in Health Care Management from the Harvard School of Public Health.
